Tag: gardenia

Her Majesty Jasmine. The perfumer Edmond Roudnitska said once that “if Rose is the queen of the flowers, Jasmine is the queen of the fragrances.” Thanks to you, Grasse, in South of France, metamorphosed from a filthy and stinky leather tanning town to the world’s capital of perfume. The Moors, who discovered you in South…

Inconsolable Myrrha. Your life should have been bright and happy, as a Goddess you were. Was it a spell of the malevolent Aphrodite or your tormented mind that made you commit the irreparable fault? No one knows… An evening of festivities, you attracted your father Cinyras in a dark alcove and had an intercourse with him, as…

From this week onwards, I will introduce the different families of fragrances according to one of the most famous classification in the industry, created by the perfumery expert Michael Edwards: the Fragrance Wheel. 4 basic groups – Floral, Oriental, Fresh and Woody – divided into 14 different families of fragrances are represented on the wheel. Under the spotlight today: the…

Scent of June. Hypnotizing Gardenias. Pure snow-white beauty on a lush green alcove, your fragrance is hypnotizing. Could we imagine a second that you are related to the coffee tree? Gardenias bloom in June in East Asia and their amazing scent announces the hot and humid summer. They have been cultivated in China for more…